Hanger.



S. OSWALT. HANGER. APPL'IoATIoN FILED SEPT. 15,1911.

1,1 15,730, v Patented Nov. '3, 1914.

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l www y Witnsse/\/ n milnventor l by I Attorneys To all whom 'it may concern 1-; f

j y i' ySaitentc)sfuriiirii,lk or BRAZIL, viisiianimi.k `E

g HANGER Beit known that I, SARAi-rg,OswAL'ig` a citizen of the t `United estates, n, residingy at Brazil, in thevcounfty of Clay 'andfState `of ndia'na,have inventedja newy and useful Hanger, otxwhichtfthe follow-inggis a` specification. i f i. i 5

It is the objectof thisinvention toy pro- `vide a yhanger i comprisingi arbracketr and. a'

yseries of removable Yhook-members, ythe con` struction being such that the hook-members may readily be removed from the bracket, and, with equal facility, beL insertedthereinto, at the will of the operator.; l

provide a hanger' including. a? plurality of suspension ,elements'swhichmayfbe slid yto and fro upon ytheisupporting bracket, the,`

construction being [such that the number; of suspensionelements"may be increased or diminished atwilli"` "i lit-h the foregoing `and other ,objects in view which willA appear, as, the., ldescription proceeds,'the invention resides in `thecoinbination and arrangement of parts4- and in the,

details of construction hereinafter described -and claimed, it being understood kthat changes in the precise* embodiment of invention herein disclosed can lbe made within the scope of'vwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. y,

In the accompanying drawings,`-Figure l shows the invention in side elevation, parts "on the line A-B ofFig. l; and'Fig. s' side elevation, showing the device `disposedbeing broken away,"` 2 is atop plan, parts being'broken away; Fig. 3 is a section in a different position from thatdepicted in Fi. l. 'i K l v j n carrying out .the invention there is proiided a bracket l, which yis preferably fash-` ioned from a hat Ibar of metal, and com-h Aprises an arm 2, from oneend ofwhich, a'

` depending wall-plate .3 .extendsv in which to receive securing elements, whereby the bra'cket may be attachedtc a support. At

plate 3, through the stop 5 to the point 7.k

The structure further .includes a plurality fof suspension members, of which there may be any number consistent with the length of y' Vthe arm Qwhich" may be increased at will.

A further obfect ofthe invention 'j is tothere are a number of openings 4, adapted i' Spefieemf iirs ief!" i ffPatentefi Note; 1914i. Application fiiedsepiembr i5, ieirfseriainb, 643,472; l 5

members isvshown'inostclearl'y in Fig. 3.#

fashioning these suspension members,v a pair of metallic strips are twisted together in theirintermediate portions, to form the shank 8. `The lower ends of thestripsare yThe` general outlineA of these` lsusi-)tensioni curved outwardly',and'upwardly,to form i' I str i-ps-l are extended in opposite directions,` in 'axial alinement, to form Iarms 10. t The arms 10,the-shaiik 8 and the hook 9 are lo`` cated substantially in a common plane. The

lengthcf thefarins 71.0, taken together, is substantially equal tothe width of the arm `the hookmembers 9.` Theiipper ends ofthe l 2,' as clearly .shownin Fig. 2, soy thaty the ends-cf the'armslOd'o not protrude *beyond the outeredges cf the arnrQQ The 'width of ythe arms `10 .is'less than `the width .of i n f y the slot 6, 'the construction `bein-g such 'that when theiarmsfl() are alinedwith the slotz, the` armsf'mayfreadily" 'bei v passed therethrough, `whereupon, ii ythe suspension inember be rotated, the ,arms '10 willbe rdisposed transverselysof 'the slot '6, to len,f age*the The vvshank 8 beslid to and fro, from Aone endiof the dethe arm 2, by a distance greaterthan the width ofthe arms-10J "Ordinarily, the sus-` pension members will be kassembled with the upper face othe armQ, uponboth sides of' :the slot, as shown in Fig. 2. vlits closely, yetfslidably, in the sloth, and it is obvious that thesuspension member may bracketin the `manner hereinbefore described, that is,'by alining the arms 10 with l* the slot@ and bypassing themy upwardly therethrough, the suspension niembersbeing closet, orin' one which .is dark, it is not againrot'ated, to dispose the'arins l0 transi versely of theslot k6, as shown in Fig. 2;

Then the device is .placed in a'narrow always vconvenient tofassenible the: suspeny sien-members with the bracket, in the man` ner ,hereinbefore setyffo'rthLUnder such cir--1 cumstances, the suspension members may ber passed inwardly, through the stopy 5, the" operationbeing asiollows: The suspension ymembers are.' rotated'iintil thearms l0 are alined withthe slot 6,"whereupon the arms,V `10 pass inwardly,through the portion 7 cf the slot 6, the suspension members beingv thenlrotated, sorthat the arms y10 will ex tendtransversely-of'the slot 6L` Owing to i the fact that the upper end Wall lloflthe slot 6 is spaced from the upper face of the arm 2 of the bracket, by a distancegreaterthan the Width of the arms 10, it Will notbe necessary to lift the suspension members, after they have. beenV passed y inwardly throught'lie portion 7 'of the slot 6.

end Wall 11 has been passed, a mere rota-V tion of the suspension member Will be suliicient tohold it asseinbled'With-the bracket, as shown in Fig. 2. ItWill ofcourse be understood that the stop 5 `Will serve to prevent articles Whichy are hung directly the slotG throughA the stop 5, as shown in Fig. l. If desired, the Wall-plate 3, instead of being secured to the horizontal support, may be secured toan overhead support, the arm 2, under such circumstances, hanging vertically, as shown lin Fig. 4.' The suspension member will then slidedown and'hang TheH arms l0 ride along the slot, and when thev in ayeiticalpposition,tlie'arms l0 being engaged across lthe stop 5. An article may ythen be hung upon the stop 5, other articles ybeing engaged `by the'hooked portions 9 of ,the suspension members.

` Having thus rdescribed the invention, what is yclaimed is `A-h^anger comprising a Wall plate, a

straight arm carried thereby and projecting horizontal-ly therefrom, a hook-'shaped 1 terminal memberat the free extremity of said arm and projectingthereabove, the extent of said hook member being relatively Small With respect to the. extent of 'said straightSarm, said arm and terminal member provided with ay longitudinal slot terminating adjacent the upper extremity In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown, I'have hereto aflixed my signature in the .presence of two Witnesses.

i n kMns. SARAH OSVVALT.

f Witnesses p f ORRELLE FIDLAR, EMMA DINKEL.

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